Job title: RUN-EU Project Manager

Location: Polytechnic of Leiria

Number of posts: 1

Length of employment: 1 Year

Contract type: Fixed-term Contract (Contrato de Trabalho em Funções Públicas)

Professional category: Técnico Superior

Grade: 6.ª posição remuneratória, nível 31

Working pattern: Full-time

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Application deadline: 13 May 2021 – 23h59 (GMT)

Educational requirements: Degree (Bachelor, Master or PhD) in Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Exact Sciences and Engineering, Natural and Environmental Sciences, Business and Management, Economics, or similar fields of study.

Job Description:
The postholder will work as a Project Manager of the Regional University Network – European University (RUN-EU). In the next three years, the Polytechnic of Leiria (Portugal) and the H2020 RUN-EU PLUS project will be coordinating a network composed of eight higher education institutions in the European Union.

The Project Manager will work on behalf of the Polytechnic of Leiria, supporting the coordination and management of the project to keep teams on track of their goals and ensure deliverables are completed on time.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to monitor the progress of an international cooperation-based project, communicate with regional and international stakeholders regarding project needs and goals, schedule meetings, and maintain project documents and reports to be submitted to the RUN-EU AG and the European Commission.

The RUN-EU Project Manager will also support the management of the H2020 RUN-EU PLUS Project in the creation of international and multidisciplinary research teams, which will include researchers from the Polytechnic of Leiria, and in the application to European funding projects, such as the Eramus+ and the Horizon Europe.